Tascam CC-222MKII manual

CD Recorder/Cassette Deck O WNER’S MANU AL CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The exclamation point with in an equilateral trian gle is inte nded to alert the use r to the pres- ence of important operating a nd maintenance [...]

— 2 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual IMPORTANT SAFETY PR ECAUTIONS TO THE USER This equipment ha s been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. The se limits are designe d to provide reason able protection against harm ful interferen ce when the equipment is ope rated in a c[...]

TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’ s Manual 3 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1 Read these instructions. 2 Keep these instructions. 3 Heed all warnings. 4 Follow all instructions. 5 Do not use this apparatus near water. 6 Clean only with dry cloth . 7 Do not block any ventilatio n openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. 8 Do n[...]

4 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner ’s Manual SAFETY INFORMA TION DT A Optical pickup : Type : SF-W03PDX Manufacturer : SANYO Electric Co. Ltd. Laser output : Less than 4 0 mW on the objective lens Wavelength : 783 ±3 nm This product has been designed and manufactured according to FDA regulations “title 21, CFR, chapter 1, subchapter J, based on the Rad[...]

Contents TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Man ual 5 1 – Introduction Supplied accessories ... ......... ........... ........ ........ ......... 6 Some notes and pre cautions ............... ........6 Rack-mounting the unit .... .......... ......... ........ ......... .. 7 Environmental cons iderations .. ......... ........ ........... .. 7 Beware of c[...]

6 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner ’s Manual 1 – Introduction The CC-222MKII provides you with an adv anced system for the recording an d playback of digital compact discs and analog cassettes, providing easy duplication facilities in both directions, and combin- ing the most adv anced technology in both f ields. Additional audio units, both analog and [...]

1 – Introduction—Some notes and precautions TASCAM CC-222MKII Owne r’s Manual 7 Rack-mounting the unit Use the rack-mounting kit to mount the unit in a stan- dard 19-inch equipment rack , as sho wn below . Remov e the feet of the unit before mounting it. See “En vironmental considerations” on page 7 below for details of ventilation, etc. [...]

1 – Introduction—Finalizing 8 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual About tapes Do not store tapes in the follo wing places: • On top of heaters, exposed to direct sunli ght, or in any other places with high temperatures. • Near speakers, on TV sets or amplif iers or where they would be e xposed to strong magnetic fields. • Where humidity is[...]

1 – Introduction—Finalizing TASCAM CC-222MKII Owne r’s Manual 9 “Recordable” discs In this manual, we use the term “recordable” disc to describe a CD-R or CD-R W disc that has not been finalized, i.e. further recordi ng is possible on the disc. Handling of compact discs Observe t he follo w ing: • Always place compact discs in the t[...]

1 – Introduction—Finalizing 10 TASCAM CC-222 MKII Owner’ s Manual • Do not use 8cm (single) discs, “business card” discs or any discs wh ich are not the standard 12cm disc for recording, as the CC-222MKI I cannot record on them. • Use only CD-R W media rate d at 1x to 4x recording speed. Audio CD-R W media are generally unmarked, b ut[...]

1 – Introduction—A bout this manual TASCAM CC-222M KII Owner’s Manu al 11 About this manual In this manual, we use the follo wing con ventions: • The names of keys and controls are given in the follo w ing typeface: ERASE . • When the alphanumeric portion of the display sho ws a message, this is sho wn in the following typeface: Welcome .[...]

12 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 2 – Features and controls This is not a comprehensiv e explanation of the mean- ing and functions of all of the controls. These are described more comprehensi vely in other parts of the manual, b ut this section pro vides a brief reminder of the functions provided by these controls. 1 P ower s witch (PO WER) [...]

2 – Features and contro ls—Rear panel features TASCAM CC-222M KII Owner’s Manu al 13 M OPEN/CLOSE key Op ens and clo ses the disc tray . N DISPLA Y ke y Changes the time display for the disc recording and playback. O FINALIZE ke y Used when finalizing record- able discs. P ERASE key Used when erasing data from CD-R W discs. Q SYNC REC key T u[...]

2 – Features and controls —Remote control features 14 TASCAM CC-222 MKII Owner’ s Manual g DIGIT AL CO AXIAL (INPUT and OUTPUT) jacks These RCA jacks accept ( INPUT ) and transmit ( OUTPUT ) SPDIF digital audio data to and from the disc recorder . Digital audio data receiv ed can be at 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz. h DIGIT AL OPTICAL (INPUT an[...]

2 – Features and controls—Remote control features TASCAM CC-222M KII Owner’s Manu al 15 E F ADER key Used to perform automated fade-in and fade-out when recordin g to disc. The time is set using menu items. F PLA Y MODE key Allo ws the selection of either normal, single, prog rammed or random play- back. G INTRO CHECK Allo ws the first 10 sec[...]

16 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 3 – Cassette operations Note the follo w ing when loading tapes: 1 Use y our f inger or a pencil to tur n the cas - sette's hub and take up any slack tape. NO TE A void touching the tape. Fingerprints attract dust and dirt. 2 Press the EJECT key to open the cassette compartment door . 3 Load the cassette[...]

3 – Cassette operations—Recording operations TASCAM CC-222M KII Owner’s Manu al 17 Recor ding operations NO TE CAUTION Recording pre-recorded tapes, records, or other pub- lished or broad cast material may infri nge copyright laws. Check before recording. 1 With the po wer on, set the REV MODE switch . If y o u want to make a b i-directional [...]

3 – Cassette operations—Recording tapes from the PHONO deck 18 TASCAM CC-222 MKII Owner’ s Manual The dubbing stops when playback reaches the end of the CD, or when the tape reaches the end of its run (one side in the case of single-sided ( u ) re verse mode, both sides in the j reverse mode), which- e v er comes f irst. Note that if the tape[...]

3 – Cassette operations—O ther recording features TASCAM CC-222M KII Owner’s Manu al 19 4 Start playback of the r ecord. 5 Start recording with either the PLA Y or PA U S E key . Press ST OP (cassette deck) to stop the recording . The ST OP key is the only key which is enabled during phono r ecording. After the phono r ecording has f inished,[...]

3 – Cassette operations—Other tape functions and features 20 TASCAM CC-222 MKII Owner’ s Manual Fast forward and r e wind The REW and FFWD ke ys (and their remote control equiv alents) act as o rdinary fast forward and rewind ke ys when pressed when the unit is stopped or paused. Search keys When the unit is playing back, the wind k eys men- [...]

TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Man ual 21 4 – CD player The CC-222MKII can be used to play back CDs (including CD-R and CD-R W discs that ha ve been recorded and finalized on ot her types of recorder), as well as CD-R discs a nd CD-R W discs that hav e been recorded on the unit. Simple playback operations 1 Press the OPEN/CLOSE key to open the disc [...]

4 – CD player—Playback modes 22 TASCAM CC-222 MKII Owner’ s Manual 2 T o play a track whose number is high er than 9, press the +10 key an appr opriate number of times to set the “ten s” digit of the track number , followed b y a single key to set the “units” digit. F or example: T rack 13 = +10 , 3 Tr a c k 3 0 = +10 , +10 , +10 , 0 [...]

4 – CD player—Repeat play TASCAM CC-222M KII Owner’s Manu al 23 Clear the program by pressing PLA Y MODE until the display sho ws Continue . The program is also cleared when the disc tray is opened, and if the ST OP key is pressed when playback is stopped in pro- grammed order mode. The programmed play order is no t memorized when po wer is t[...]

4 – CD player—Auto spacing 24 TASCAM CC-222 MKII Owner’ s Manual Auto spacing This function inserts a gap of about fo ur seconds between tracks on playba ck. This can be useful w hen recording to tape, so that automatic searching can take place more easily on tapes recorded from disc (see “Search keys” on page 20). NO TE This f unction is[...]

TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Man ual 25 5 – Recording CDs Before you start recordin g using the CC-222MKII, make sure that yo u understand the follo wing ke y points: • Once you ha ve recorded on a CD-R disc, the data cannot be erased from it. • Y ou can add tracks to an unfin alized recordable disc. Once finalized, a CD-R disc is “f ixed”[...]

5 – Recording CDs—Basic recording 26 TASCAM CC-222 MKII Owner’ s Manual Frequency conversion The sampling frequenc y for CDs is 44.1 kHz. The CC-222MKII will al ways record (and play back) CDs at this frequency . When recording digital signals, t he sampling fre- quency will al ways be automa tically con verted to this v alue, except when rec[...]

5 – Recording CDs—Dubbing from tape to disc TASCAM CC-222M KII Owner’s Manu al 27 Playing back tracks Although an unf inalized disc cannot be played back on an ordinary CD player , the CC-222MKII can play back tracks th at ha v e been reco rded. Use the MUL TI DIAL control or the SKIP key s t o select a track for playback. Time display while [...]

5 – Recording CDs—From the RIAA PHONO inputs 28 TASCAM CC-222 MKII Owner’ s Manual whichev er is the earliest, the tape wil l stop, and recording will stop on the disc. If y ou want to adjust the input volume, set the DUB>VOL menu to ON and use the right (CD-R W) IN PUT control to adjust the lev el of signals fed to the disc fr om the tape[...]

5 – Recording CDs—Advanced recording TASCAM CC-222M KII Owner’s Manu al 29 During dubbin g with auto track ena bled, the trigger level (“Set ting the t rigger le vel” on p age 29 ) is fixed a t –24 dB and cannot be changed. This mo de can not be e ntered if a recorda ble dis c is not loaded i n the dr ive. It is also possible to pe rfor[...]

5 – Recording CDs—Advanced recording 30 TASCAM CC-222 MKII Owner’ s Manual Sync recor ding (start) The conditions under which an input signal is used as the trigger to start recording in the SYNC ALL and SYNC 1 modes are: • when recording digitally from a D A T deck, a digi- tal track start signal is detected (the signal leve l is ignored):[...]

5 – Recording CDs—Advanced recording TASCAM CC-222M KII Owner’s Manu al 31 Automatic track division The trigger le vel, as set abo ve (“Synchronized recording” on page 2 9) can also be used to di vide tracks if the A-TRA CK (auto track) function is enabled. When this function is enab led, the unit automatically inserts a track di vision i[...]

5 – Recording CDs—Advanced recording 32 TASCAM CC-222 MKII Owner’ s Manual NO TE This f unction is only availa ble from the r emote cont rol unit. It is not possibl e to us e this function with the main unit only . Fade-in and fade-out T o provide smooth b eginn ings and endings to recorded tracks, the unit pro vides fade f acilities. Fade-in[...]

TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Man ual 33 6 – After recording This section deals with the actions taken after record- ing: finalizing for CD-R and CD-R W discs, and erase operations for CD-R W discs. Once finalized, CD -R discs a re truly final—no m ore can be recorded on them. By contrast, CD-R W discs can be “unfinalized” using the CC-222MKI[...]

6 – After recording—Erasing 34 TASCAM CC-222 MKII Owner’ s Manual 1 With the disc loaded, and the unit in stop mode, press the ERASE key . 2 If the display does not show E RASE XX- XX? , where XX is the number of the last track r ecorded on the disc, turn the MUL TI DIAL or use the SKIP keys until it is displayed. 3 Tu r n t h e MUL TI DIA L [...]

6 – After recording—Erasing TASCAM CC-222M KII Owner’s Manu al 35 display , and the timer starts countin g down ( XX:XX ). The pr ocess takes about 40 minutes. Y ou should note that sometimes the timer shown on the display is not always an accurate indi- cator of the time rema ining bef ore the opera- tion is complete. At the end of the opera[...]

36 TASCAM CC-222MKII Owner’s Manual 7 – Reference and specifications T r oubleshooting Symptom P o ssible cause and remedy No power when PO WER is pressed The pow er cord is not inserted proper ly . Check and correct this . Hum on pla yback A udio conne ctions not m ade properly . Chec k the conn ections No audio output The e xt ernal amplifier[...]

7 – Reference and specifications—Menu items TASCAM CC-222M KII Owner’s Manu al 37 Menu items The follo wing are the menu items that can be set using the MENU key . The majority of them af fect disc recording. Pressing the MENU ke y re peatedly cycles through the menu items. Not e v ery menu item is av ailable in e very situation. Tu r n t h e[...]

7 – Reference and specifications—Specifications 38 TASCAM CC-222 MKII Owner’ s Manual Cassette recor de r section Phono input and headphones Digital inputs Sampling rates 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz CO AXIAL RCA pin, IEC60958 TYPE II OPTICAL T OSLINK, IEC60958 TYPE II Digital outputs CO AXIAL RCA pin, IEC60958 TYPE II OPTICAL T OSLINK, IEC60958 [...]

7 – Reference and specifications—Dimensional drawing TASCAM CC-222M KII Owner’s Manu al 39 General specifications Dimensional drawing T ape maintenance The heads and tape path should be cleaned and demagnetized periodically . Cleaning the tape path Apply head cleaning fluid to a cotton b ud or soft cloth, and lightly rub the heads, capstan an[...]

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